just saw this and wanted to share #time #Takiwatanga #Māori #Autism

[jenzi@mastodon.social]

@Irisherself how offensive

[drewtowler@mas.to]

@Irisherself Coined by one non-autistic person a few years ago and understandably unwanted by many in the Maori autistic community, who already have their own term. A story as old as time.

[venusianmars@cupoftea.social]

@jenzi @Irisherself What's offensive?

[venusianmars@cupoftea.social]

@drewtowler @Irisherself Then, what is THAT term, please?

[jenzi@mastodon.social]

@VenusianMars @Irisherself there was a word already, this is basically a label

[recalcitrant@autonomous.zone]

@VenusianMars @drewtowler @Irisherself kura urupare https://www.facebook.com/groups/1774795702830396/ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/takiwātanga

[venusianmars@cupoftea.social]

@jenzi @Irisherself What was the word? I can't find any others...

[venusianmars@cupoftea.social]

@Recalcitrant @drewtowler @Irisherself I can't access Facebook and am unsure what this post is referencing.

[jenzi@mastodon.social]

@VenusianMars @Recalcitrant @drewtowler @Irisherself (and to your reply to me)

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/takiw%C4%81tanga

[venusianmars@cupoftea.social]

@jenzi @Recalcitrant @drewtowler @Irisherself So kura urupare. Cool, thank you.

[recalcitrant@autonomous.zone]

@jenzi @VenusianMars @drewtowler @Irisherself you asked for the term some Māori people prefer for autism. I provided it. I gave a wiktionary link with source and a Facebook group corroborating. I didn’t need to log into Facebook to see the group (I do not have an account).

[venusianmars@cupoftea.social]

@Recalcitrant @drewtowler @Irisherself I didn't understand the FB page I were seeing nor recognising the term listed there. Did not see the wiki link, sorry. Thank You for the information.

[venusianmars@cupoftea.social]

@Irisherself Despite this being a controversial term referring to Autists, I do dig the meaning of the word itself.